HENDON

hendon, an urban district in the harrow parliamentary division of middlesex, england, on the river brent, 8 m. n.w. of st paul's cathedral, london, served by the midland railway. pop. (1891), 15,843; (1901), 22,450. the nucleus of the township lies on high ground to the east of the edgware road, which crosses the welsh harp reservoir of regent's canal, a favourite fishing and skating resort. the church of st mary is mainly perpendicular, and contains a norman font and monuments of the 18th century. to the north of the village, which has extended greatly as a residential suburb of the metropolis, is mill hill, with a roman catholic missionary college, opened in 1871, with branches at rosendaal, holland and brixen, austria, and a preparatory school at freshfield near liverpool; and a large grammar school founded by nonconformists in 1807. the manor belonged at an early date to the abbot of westminster.